Cottoh-sack hanger



W. HAMRICK.

COTTON SACK HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. ms.

Patented July 22, 1919.

WHLTER HHMRICK WALTER HAMRICK, OF EMORY, TEXAS.

COTTON-SACK HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1919.

Application filed May 20, 1916. Serial No. 98,921.

1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER HAMRICK, a citizen of the United States,residin at Emory, in the county of Rains and btate of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Sack Hangers, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention is a cotton sack hanger.

A device or hanger to be eifective and useful, should be one that may bereadily attached to or detached from a sack without injury to said sackand should be one that does not form an integral part of the sack. Itshould be also one that will materially assist in reducing the timeconsumed in weighing.

One object of this invention is to provide a hanger that may be readilyattached to'and detached from a cotton sack without injury to the sack.

Another object is to provide a hanger that Will consist of a singlepiece of material bent to form a ring and loop lying in different planesthat will not catch the dry leaves .or other refuse along the ground.

A further object is to provide a hanger that is simple and strong inconstruction, which when applied to a cotton sack will not haveprotruding metal parts to injure the hands of the cotton picker and onethat will be cheap to manufacture.

Broadly stated, the invention comprises a single piece of materialhaving a straight shank or portion, one end being formed as a ring whichis closed by its own resiliency at right angles to the shank or straightpor-.

tion and the other end being provided with a return bend forming anelongated loop extending longitudinally of the shank, the free end ofsaid loop being bent around the shank, thus forming the loop with asemicircular end and the opposite or closing end being straight andextending from the shank at right angles thereto.

One practical and useful form of the hanger will be described andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a preferred type of hanger;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a cottonsack showing the shoulder loop andthe hanger attached;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a sack with the loop and hangersuspended from a scale beam.

The hanger is preferably formed of a single piece of material which maybe resilient in structure. It comprises a straight shank or portion 4,which terminates at one end in a round ring 5 which is maintained inclosed relation by means of its own resiliency. This ring is preferablyformed at right angles to the straight portion or shank 4. The straightshank 4 is continued and at its other end is formed as a return bend 6,which is continued to form the straight side 7 which lies in a planeparallel to that of the straight shank 4. The lower end of this straightside 7 is preferably bent at right angles both to the straight shank 4,and the straight side 7. This bend may be termed the closing side 8 andis firmly coiled around the shank 4:, as indicated at 9.

In Fig. 2 a cotton sack 10 of any usual or customary form is illustratedand is preferably provided with the shoulder strap or loop 11. This sackis provided with an open end 12 .so that the cotton when picked may beinserted therein. The sack is closed at its opposite end 13, as is usualin this form of sack. The hanger is shown attached at the corner 14 ofthis sack.

In practical operation to apply the hanger to a sack, the ring 5 isopened slightly and a corner of the sack has placed therein a smallpebble or a small amount of cotton. The ring is then slipped over thiscorner so that the portion which contains the cotton or pebble will bein the space between the ring and the loop. Thus the looped portion ofthe hanger will project away from the sack and the hanger itself will befirmly secured to the sack without injury. The sack and the hanger willnot be readily separated on account of this small pebble or cotton beingabove the loop and it being of such size that it will not pull through.the loop. No damage or injury is done to the sack, as the hanger may bequickly and readily detached by separating the ends of the ring.

When it is desired to weigh the sack, the shoulder loop or strap may behung on a scale, or if, as is often the case, the sack is too long, themonth end is folded len hwise, to the space filled by the cotton. heloop is then thrown over the bottom end of the sack and brought aroundthe corner pro- Vided with the hanger and then pulled in between the twoends of the sack. This will raise the sack clear ofi' the ground and theoperation of Weighing consumes Very little time.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is a Asa newarticle of manufacture, the herein described cotton sack hanger,consisting of a single piece of wire the intermediate portion of whichis straight to constitute a shank, one end of th wire being coiled uponitself in a plane substantially at right angles to the shank whereby toform a ring for engagement with one corner ofa cotton sack and the otherend being returned upon itself parallel with the shank and thenceextended toward the same and secured thereto to form an elongated loop,as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

a WALTER HAMRICK. Witnesses: PEAOHIE SPEED, MATTIE ABERCROMBIE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

